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A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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About this listen

Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the 1950s, but no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found...?

2022: Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance. But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just...stop. Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid ex-spook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption?

©2023 Charles Beaumont (P)2023 Isis Audio Action & Adventure Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Russia Suspense

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Uses current day issues to lend credibility to story. Lots of twists and turns. Flashbacks were hard to follow but were also integral to the story..

Totally believable story in this day & age of uncertainty.

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Authentic in every way for those who've been paying attention these past 25 years. There was nothing to dislike about it.

Outstanding.

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We all know about Cold War spying and have absorbed the genre, but this is right up to date, right now and the political shenanigans make you wonder long and hard. How much is true?! The narrator reads the story well and as the whole story ramps up, you don’t want it to finish. Perhaps Simon will emerge again!

What a spell binder!

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Liked inclusion of latest tech, range of accents from narrator and current UK political trauma

Current Relevance

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An excellent evocation of an all too plausible conspiracy theory with an even more believable outcome. Well written, with engaging characterisations

Cracking spy thriller with the ring of truth.

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